This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_919776860_boundary Content-ID: <0_919776860@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII does anyone have any connections? --part0_919776860_boundary Content-ID: <0_919776860@inet_out.mail.compuserve.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <105671.224@compuserve.com> Received: from rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (rly-zb04.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.4]) by air-zb04.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 02:14:49 -0500 Received: from dub-img-9.compuserve.com (dub-img-9.compuserve.com [149.174.206.139]) by rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id CAA06503 for <LSmith3437@aol.com>; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 02:14:47 -0500 (EST) Received: (from root@localhost) by dub-img-9.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/2.18) id CAA09197 for LSmith3437@aol.com; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 02:14:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 02:14:28 -0500 From: Mary M Ferm <105671.224@compuserve.com> Subject: Compton Family Connection? Sender: Mary M Ferm <105671.224@compuserve.com> To: Leigh Smith <LSmith3437@aol.com> Message-ID: <199902230214_MC2-6B7B-B9D5@compuserve.com> Content-Disposition: inline Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi Leigh, I've been reading your Compton family data on your web site, and think we may have a connection. While my Comptons moved from NJ to OH and IN, I know that some of their relatives moved south from NJ. The names that I'm particularly interested in are: COMPTON, Jacob Abt. 1800Somerset Co., NJ, and COMPTON, Hugh GastonSeptember 21, 1836 My Jacob Compton married Mary Johnston/Johnson. They were from Bedminster, NJ (Somerset Co)They moved to East Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH in 1819. Jacob died 17 Feb 1853 aged 73 and was buried in East Cleveland Cemetery. Their children included Eliza Ann, d 1833, Sarah d 1845 aged 32= , George b 1828, d 1865 and Hugh Gaston Compton who was born in NJ and moved to OH with them. Hugh m Eleanor Arrowsmith in Somerset Co NJ 21 Sep 1836. Hugh died 10 Oct 1844 aged 34 and is buried in Woodland Cem, Cleveland, OH= .I have a copy of his probate papers--it was incredibly complicated and dragged on for years. I am descended from Hugh and Eleanor's daughter Louise Arrowsmith Compton who married Elisha Clark Luce in 1860 in Somerse= t Co, NJ. They lived in Cleveland. I have corresponded with another researcher who gives Jacob and Mary several more children who moved on to Elkhart Co, IN: James Compton = b 1807 NJ, Ezekiel Compton b abt 1810 in NJ, and Mary Compton b in NJ. Ezekiel had a son named "Gastine" or "Hugh Gaston" b abt 1844 in IN. I have read a copy of "British and American Comptons from the Colonial Era to the Modern Day in NY, NJ, VA, TN, AL, and TX" by Delton D. Blalock, and feel sure that my Comptons are part of this family because of their common central NJ origins. However, the author did not follow all the lines, so I am missing a few links. This book follows the descendants of a William Compton (who married Mary Bowne) who moved from Long Island, NY to Monmouth Co, NJ in 1666 to escape religious persecution. They were Baptists. He paid quit rent in 1696 on 250 acres of land near Middleton, NJ. In particular, I am interested in the line of William Compton and Mary Bowne=92s 4th child, Jacob, b abt 1681 in Middletown, Monmouth, NJ, a= nd who married Elizabeth_______? Of Perth Amboy, NJ. They had at least one grandson named Jacob (son of William who was b abt 1730 in Monmouth Co, NJ). It seems possible that my Jacob comes from this line somehow. I photocopied a fair amount of this book, and would be happy to share it with you if you have not seen it. Please let me know if you have any information on Jacob compton's parents. Thank you, Mary --part0_919776860_boundary--